Tony Dungy's 18yo Son Dead

[7cent]

no article yet, I saw on ESPN..
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2268593

[Whiskeyjack]

18 year old with his own apartment? sounds like a drug overdose and living the highlife to me.

[askewcore]

Wow, thats terrible. No other details?

I wonder if this what effect it will have on the Colts as a team.

[Whiskeyjack]

short article on ESPN...just announcement from Tampa suburbs police.

[Multiple Miggs]

Details here are still pretty spotty, but it doesn't sound like foul play was involved.

[Ovaherenow]

http://www.unhooked.com/lifering.org/images/needle.gif

[Chester'sLiver]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9112348
Son of Colts coach Dungy dead


NFL.com wire reports

TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 22, 2005) -- James Dungy, the 18-year-old son of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, was found dead in a Tampa-area apartment, police said.

In a news release on its website, the Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office said it "responded to the Campus Lodge Apartments this morning at approximately 1:32 a.m. The girlfriend of James Dungy had returned to the apartment and discovered Dungy."

Police performed CPR on Dungy before he was taken to University Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No foul play is suspected, but a cause of death won't be announced pending an autopsy, said Vida Morgan, a secretary in the sheriff's public information office. The apartments are located in Lutz, Fla.

Tony Dungy has left the Colts and is in Tampa, according to NFL.com.

The coach and his wife, Lauren, have four other children: daughters Tiara and Jade and sons Eric and Jordan.

The Colts (13-1) are at Seattle on Saturday.

Fans posted prayers and messages of support for Dungy, who also coached the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on a message board on a Colts fan website.

"Not only was he a great football coach for the Bucs, but he is an even better person," one Tampa Bay fan wrote. "It makes me sick that it happened at this time of year to a person that is so giving and caring."

Another person wrote for God to give strength to Dungy during this difficult time.

"When things like this happen it adjusts our perspective on life," one person wrote. "What was considered major yesterday doesn't amount to more than a footnote today."

[badcellphoneguy]

thoughts and prayers go out to the dungy family...duhyeeeeeeeeeeeee

[TheBattleVirus]

I heard that on the radio. That's really terrible. I can't imagine having to deal with something like that.

[Sinn Fein]

That really sucks. Tony has left the Colts and his assistant is coaching the team from this point on. It bugs me when a decent guy has to deal with something like this.

[diceisadick]

Wow, I feal terrible for the whole Dungy family. My prayers go out to them.

[AJellyDonut]

LO fuckin L. Just thought I'd search him on myspace. Can anyone confirm this is him? If so, seems like James probably did not die of "natural" causes.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=41899442

[Multiple Miggs]

LO fuckin L. Just thought I'd search him on myspace. Can anyone confirm this is him? If so, seems like James probably did not die of "natural" causes.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=41899442
Shit, that might be him. Says his hometown is Pittsburgh, and Tony did play for the Steelers and then was an asst. coach with them in the 80's.

And you can tell from his profile that he's about as hard as a marshmallow.

[AJellyDonut]

Shit, that might be him. Tony did play for the Steelers, and then was an asst. coach with them in the 80's.

It's him. If you check out his friend's pages it's eerie how many messages he dropped yesterday.

[Multiple Miggs]

HEROES: the D.C. Snipers, cause they let ya'll crackas kno tha ya'll aren't carzy race in the world, plus nobody would ever guess tha they were black (i thought they were white). Malcolm X, and the Black Panthers. oh yea say werd my nigga Pac, and in case ya'll didn't kno he is alive and i've seen visual footage
:rotf:

[AJellyDonut]

We've struck gold here. Holy shit! :icon_lol:

[Multiple Miggs]

It's him. If you check out his friend's pages it's eerie how many messages he dropped yesterday.
I can't believe your gone....you'll always be in my heart you made school fun and made me laugh every chance you had to talk to me ill never forget the things we did and our conversations I love you james and always will rest in peace we love you
:doh:

[Multiple Miggs]

We've struck gold here. Holy shit! :icon_lol:
Good find, sir. :clap: :clap:

[NightStalker3]

He only had 12 friends....RIP bro.

Who I'd like to meet:
no fags

[bubbawadd]

I really felt bad for the family until I saw that MySpace page. What a fucking tool.....

[ProfessorAnt]

i wanted to call shenanigans until i started reading his friend's myspace.

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7157/dun9eg.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5231/dung22kt.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9296/dung34wy.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5645/dung44ly.jpg

why do dead kids fascinate me so much?

[The Sarge]

Damn shame.

[GoatAss]

horrible pack of rabid animals here.

[fandango86]

horrible pack of rabid animals here.

Don't worry, I'll bring it all around back to the show for you:

On the bright side, that's one less MySpace friend Jimmy will be able to steal from Anthony...

[bubbawadd]

Just heard on the sports radio here in Chicago that it looks like suicide.....

[TreeFortRichard]

At least with my space parents can actually get an answer when a screwed up kid takes his own life. In a weird way it is a good thing. If you are going to kill yourself at least have the common courtesy to leave a detailed note, or update your myspace so everyone knows why you did it. Then they don't have to say "Why?" they can say "Because"

[AJellyDonut]

USA Today is reporting it as a suicide as well, and supposedly his family is donating his body to an organ procurement facility. Link below.


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/colts/2005-12-22-dungy-son_x.htm

[EveryoneHasAIDS]

I don't understand how no foul play can be involved. Yeah, perfectly healthy 18 year olds drop dead all of the time!
I don't know anything about him, but my guess would be suicide or od.

[Mother Shucker]

His myspace is down.

[PEST BY TRADE]

They must has seen all the shit that went on with the last high profile myspace death because they have shut it down

[generoso]

I am heart broken for the Dungy family. If it was sucide why now I am just speechless....

[jakkwylde]

wow, that's pretty darn sad

[tar_baby]

thoughts and prayers

[FreeTheCricket]

Yeah, it must have been REAL tough having a multi-millionaire dad who happens to coach the best team in the NFL and seems to love his family very much. What a rough life. :icon_roll

[askewcore]

Yeah, it must have been REAL tough having a multi-millionaire dad who happens to coach the best team in the NFL and seems to love his family very much. What a rough life. :icon_roll

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing actually.

[BIV]

The real question is......how will this effect the game against my Seahawks? Will the Colts rally behind this or will it lower moral and effect their play? Will the lack of Dungy making calls screw up the flow of the team? So many questions....

[Rob]

thoughts and prayers

yeah... what he said...

[fandango86]

Yeah, it must have been REAL tough having a multi-millionaire dad who happens to coach the best team in the NFL and seems to love his family very much. What a rough life. :icon_roll

Sometimes the more you have, the more you want. Some people just can't appreciate how good they have it or how much better their life is than others.

[Stormrider666]

:icon_roll Yeah, it must have been REAL tough having a multi-millionaire dad who happens to coach the best team in the NFL and seems to love his family very much. What a rough life. :icon_roll

Yeah just like was real tough for a guy to be the voice of a new generation. The face of a new musical genre with millions of fans worldwide. A shitload of money and a new baby daughter in his life. Yet Kurt Corbain, sitll put a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger.:rolleyes:

[The Sarge]

:icon_roll

Yeah just like was real tough for a guy to be the voice of a new generation. The face of a new musical genre with millions of fans worldwide. A shitload of money and a new baby daughter in his life. Yet Kurt Corbain, sitll put a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger.:rolleyes:

Nah...I still think Courtney Love offed him. She's living with the guilt and still doing drugs. Down with Courtney!

[BravoSierra]

Ok Harry, now it's your turn.

NOW, this pisses me off... now if the Colts lose from here on out, there's always going to be an excuse of off-field occurances rather then the Colts sucking a dick. Sucks it happened though. RIP

[FreeTheCricket]

:icon_roll

Yeah just like was real tough for a guy to be the voice of a new generation. The face of a new musical genre with millions of fans worldwide. A shitload of money and a new baby daughter in his life. Yet Kurt Corbain, sitll put a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger.:rolleyes:

Cuz Cobain was a selfish fag who thought life was just too "tough". :icon_roll Worthless prick. Suicide is for pussies and quitters.

[Stormrider666]

Cuz Cobain was a selfish fag who thought life was just too "tough". :icon_roll Worthless prick. Suicide is for pussies and quitters.

That is all I needed to hear.

[tar_baby]

ive always wondered why people with fame and money would kill themselves...shit if i had fame and money theres no way id want out..but the mind is a craaaaaaaazy thing

i was thinking about how hard it must be for the dungy family today...i cant even imagine what it must be like.....i know/hope they get through this tough time...kinda makes his super bowl goal seem insignificant huh?

[FreeTheCricket]

kinda makes his super bowl goal seem insignificant huh?

Yeah, just a little.

[OnANorton]

Still think it had to do with a losing bet. Lil kid had a nice wager on the fact that his fathers team was gona make it undefeated! Plausable?

[askewcore]

Still think it had to do with a losing bet. Lil kid had a nice wager on the fact that his fathers team was gona make it undefeated! Plausable?

It's plausable, but his daddy is rich so you could pay off whatever stupid wager he made. But then again maybe he didnt wanna ask for the money. I'm guessing he ODed because thats pretty much the only way to kill yourself and not have it pretty apparent that it was suicide. If he did OD, it always coulda been an accident.